Jon Secada Quotes

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• A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really…
• And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.
• For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.
• I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.
• I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages.
• Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my…
• I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.
• I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and…
• It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.
• If you write songs and if you write music that's very sincere and very honest, it's pop music, but it is pop music with a…
• I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.
• I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing.…
• If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love…
• I'm a big believer in education, period.
• This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers…
• So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record…
• Well, I always wanted to be educated and be prepared.
• My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up.
• With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I…
• My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's…

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